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Frankenstein Flashcards

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Abstruse

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hard to understand
S: secret
A: obvious

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Antipathy

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a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance
S: aversion
A: attraction

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Asseverations

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an emphatic assertion
S: affirmation
A: denial

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Averred

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to assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.
S:affirm
A:deny

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Avidity

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agerness; greediness
S: excitment
A: apathy

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Benignity

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kindness
S: charity
A: cruelty

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Candor

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the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness
S: directness
A: lying

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Capacious

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apable of holding much; spacious or roomy
S: broad
A: cramped

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Capitulated

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to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms
S: surrender
A: fight

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Chimerical

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unreal; imaginary; visionary
S: absurd
A: apparent

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Countenance

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appearance, especially the look or expression of the face
S: demeanor
A: accept

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Delineate

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to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially
S: define
A: confuse

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Diffident

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lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness
S: timid
A: bold

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Dilatoriness

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tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy
S: apathy
A: activity

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Disconsolate

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without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable
S: inconsolable
A: cheerful

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Dogmatism

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unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths
S: bias
A: fairness

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Efface

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to wipe out; do away with; expunge
S: destroy
A: build

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Ephemeral

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lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory
S: passing
A: enduring

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Exculpated

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to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate
S: forgive
A: accuse

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Fetter

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a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
S: hold
A: allow

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Imbued

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to impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc
S: infuse
A: take out

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Immutable

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not mutable; unchangeable; changeless
S: unchangeable
A: flexible

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Imprecate

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to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person
S: curse
A: bless

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Imprudence

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not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash
S: indescression
A: care

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Indefatigable

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incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring
S: untiring
A: lazy

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Interment

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the act or ceremony of interring; burial
S: burial
A: birth

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Mutability

A

liable or subject to change or alteration
S: change
A: rest

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Obdurate

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unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding
S: stubborn
A: submissive

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Panegyric

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a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy
S: laudatory
A: harsh

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Perdition

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a state of final spiritual ruin; loss of the soul; damnation.
S: hell
A: health

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Pertinacity

A

persistence
S: purpose
A: irresolution

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Precipices

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a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face
S: mountain
A; flat

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Predilection

A

a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference
S: fondness
A: dislike

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Prognosticated

A

to forecast or predict
S: fortell
A: oblivious

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Promontory

A

a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland
S: bluff
A: none

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Salubrious

A

favorable to or promoting health; healthful
S: beneficial
A: unhealthy

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Sublime

A

elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc
S: great
A: bad

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Surmount

A

to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over
S: conquer
A: fail

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Vacillating

A

not resolute; wavering; indecisive; hesitating
S: changing
A: steady

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Venerable

A

commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity
S: respected
A: common

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